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To: tejek who wrote (41848)	8/26/2005 4:16:34 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

TWO MORE VAN ZANDT COUNTY DEMOCRATS SWITCH PARTIES (Texas) Tyler Morning Telegraph ^ \| 8/26/05 \| LINDSAY RANDALL CANTON - The Van Zandt County district attorney and the Precinct 2 commissioner have announced they are switching parties from Democratic to Republican, marking the county's third and fourth party switches since June. District Attorney Leslie Poynter Dixon said the Democratic Party's press release regarding the party switch of Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Ronnie Daniell prompted her to announce her own change of heart. "I had planned to formally announce my candidacy for re-election in December 2005 during the statutory filing period," Mrs. Dixon said in a written statement. "While, personally, I feel more comfortable discussing party affiliations during the legal election-filing period, I do not want to appear evasive or hesitant to discuss my party." In a press release issued a few weeks ago, Democratic Party Chairman Vince Leibowitz said Mrs. Dixon and Commissioner David Risner had failed to return the forms necessary to reaffirm their candidacy on the Democratic ticket. "We have already undertaken a search for opponents for all positions open on the ticket in 2006, and have had several people express an interest in the position of county commissioner," Leibowitz said. Risner said his reasons had more to do with the local party than Democratic platforms. "It seems like the Democratic Party was taking a real bad downfall," he said. "It's kind of like the Titanic - it was sinking and it seems like I had a lifeboat to get on." The party switch of the commissioner and district attorney follows the decisions of Sheriff Pat Burnett and Daniell to run as Republicans in future elections. "I still have a lot of friends in both parties," Risner said. Mrs. Dixon said that though "the party has left me," she is not ashamed to have been a Democrat. "I am proud to now say that I am a Republican," she said, adding that she will answer any questions at the formal announcement of her candidacy in December.